Fever Season – Jeanette Keith

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The Yellow Fever devastated American cities in the 1800’s, none worse than here in Memphis. An unbelievable 17,000 people came down with the disease. Now writer Jeanette Keith reveals reactions to the outbreak, both heroic and cowardly in her new book "Fever Season".